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© Pacifique Akilimali/Maryam Abu Hassan – Poet Pacifique Akilimali of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigerian peace activist and poet Maryam Abu Hassan. New York, USA, 21 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/“Across identities and differences…  over countries and continents… it is not hard to choose peace.” These lines are from a new poem created to […]

WASHINGTON DC, United States of America, 20 March 2022, /African Media Agency/- Africa Fintech Summit is pleased to announce Prosper Africa as a Gold Sponsor for Africa Fintech Summit in 2023 to be held in Washington DC on the 12th April 2023 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Prosper Africa is the U.S. Government initiative to […]

© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucke – Students wash their hands at a newly built handwashing point at a primary school in Pemba District, Zambia. New York, USA, 20 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/A new analysis from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, shows that some 190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three […]

●     Bybit’s spot market volume for USDC grows by 1,437% ●     Bybit becomes No.2 crypto exchange in MENA DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 17 March 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Bybit reports a surge in volume for USDC pairs as the world’s third most visited crypto exchange ramps up efforts to meet market demands. Relying on trusted platforms to navigate the […]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 16 March 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Companies are in a race to achieve new digital capabilities as ongoing economic disruption and a changing business landscape drive the need for rapid innovation. African organisations are accelerating their adoption of cloud solutions to drive greater efficiency, scale into new markets, and meet changing customer demands. Gartner […]

Nine projects from across sub-Saharan Africa named winners of the Afri-Plastics Challenge by the Government of Canada and Challenge Works. Winners include scale-ups providing new income streams to local families collecting recyclables and innovators converting plastic waste into affordable cooking gas. Biodegradable bioplastics made from invasive weeds growing in Lake Victoria, homeware products made from […]

ILO/KB Mpofu – Martha Maocha runs a manufacturing company which started making hand sanitizing gel during the pandemic. It’s sectors like this, reliant on essential workers, that are highlighted in today’s ILO report. New York, USA, 16 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/Essential workers who kept families, societies and economies going while the world was on COVID lockdown, […]

© Parfait Iloki | Ministry of Land Management, Infrastructure and Road Maintenance, Republic of Congo. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Republic of Congo’s oil-driven growth model has reached its limits, says a new World Bank report, titled The Republic of Congo’s Road to Prosperity: Building Foundations for Economic Diversification. Sustainable development urgently requires efforts to diversify national […]

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 14 March 2023, /African Media Agency/- African Media Agency (AMA) and Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) are pleased to announce a strategic partnership aimed at increasing awareness about the fintech industry’s innovation in Africa and promoting the upcoming summit throughout the continent. The partnership combines AMA’s expertise in strategic, content-rich communications campaigns to increase the reach of […]

LAGOS, Nigeria, 14 March 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The latest cohort of candidates for the SAP Young Professionals Program (as part of Skills for Africa) has graduated, providing a welcome boost to the digital transformation efforts of organisations in East and West Africa. A total of 26 candidates graduated, hailing from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Ghana. […]

Unsplash/Kyle-Philip Coulson – The sun rises over the capital of South Africa, Pretoria. New York, USA, 14 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and other facilities, UN independent experts on torture prevention said on Monday, citing “entrenched” ill treatment. The experts offered several recommendations after […]

DIAMNIADIO, Senegal, 13 March 2022, /African Media Agency/- In a bid to foster a healthy population, African leaders have come together to reiterate the need to actively direct resources and efforts to curb the spread of polio on the continent after their previous success was hampered by the Covid 19 outbreak. The African continent has made significant […]